How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38913: Index specified in the index hint is invalid?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38913: Index specified in the index hint is invalid with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38913: Index specified in the index hint is invalid

Reason for the Error ORA-38913: Index specified in the index hint is invalid

The index specified in an IGNORE_ROW_ON_DUPKEY_INDEX or CHANGE_DUPKEY_ERROR_INDEX hint could not be found.

How to fix the Error ORA-38913: Index specified in the index hint is invalid ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify a unique index that exists on the table. The index cannot be a non-unique index or a bitmap index.